Whip-core



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H. MULLEN 8v J. NOBLE. Jr.

WHIP GORE, No. 344,979. Patented July 6,1886.

WITNESSES: llVl/E/VTORS ATTORIVEVJ' UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HENRY MULLEN AND JAMES NOBLE, JR, OF WESTFIEL-D, MASSAGHU$ETTSWHIP-CORE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,979, dated July 6,1886.

Application filed March 26, 1886. Serial No. 196,659. (No model.)

1?; all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY MULLEN and JAMES NOBLE, J r., citizens of theUnited States, residing at \Vestfield, in the county of Hampden andState of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in\Vhip-Oores, of which thefollowing is aspecification. V

This invention relates to improvements in whip-cores, the object beingto provide an improved core around which the outer portions of the whipare applied, consisting of the peculiar construction and combination ofparts, hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a sideelevation of a portion of a whip-core (much enlarged) embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a whip-core centerof different form to that shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 2 isthe core-center, consisting of a strip of rawhideof suitable size and length, and either round, as shown in Fig. 1, orsquare in cross-section, as in Fig. 2. The said rawhide center a isfirst made of the re-. quired diameter and length to fit it to be putinto the whip, allowing sufficient, however, for the additional diameterwhich it will have when it shall have received the exterior covering,hereinafter described, whereby great additional elasticity and strengthare imparted thereto. The said exterior covering or envelope for thesaid rawhide center 2 consists of fine steel or brass spring-wire, whichis applied to or woven upon it by the usual plaiting-machine.

In the drawings, 3 indicates a series of said steel or brass or otherwires having a spring quality, arranged around the center 2 on thesurface thereof, running in a longitudinal direction and parallel witheach other, or substantially so, and 4 indicates a series of interlacingwires running around said center and running alternately over and underthe said wires 3. The center 2 is covered from end to end with the abovedescribed plaited-wire covering, the latter being woven tightly andfirmly thereon, the said center while being so covered being held in theusual way in said plaiting-machine.

The above-described disposition of the wires 3 and 4, whereby they arelaid on and around the surface of the center 2, as shown in Fig. l, isthe preferable one, since by that means the wires 3 are brought to andsecured in a longitudinal relation to the sides ofthe center, andthereby they best support it when it is bent in either direction; but,if desired, the plaited-wire covering may be applied in other well-knownforms and serve approximately the purpose of the wire covering shown inthe drawings.

The above-described whip-core when finished and ready to be inserted inthe center of a whip is of a long tapering form and of such diameterthat when the sidings and other coverings of the whip surround it thelatter is of the usual proportions.

\Vhat we claim as ourinvention is- 1. A whip-core consisting of arawhide cen ter having a series of interlacing wires plai ted thereon,substantially as set forth.

2. A whip-core consisting of a rawhide center having a wire coveringwoven thereupon, consisting of a series of wires arranged on its surfaceand running longitudinally thereon. and a series of other wires runningaround said center and interlacing with said longitudinal wires,substantially as set forth.

HENRY MULLEN.

JAMES NOBLE, JR. Witnesses: WM. H. CHAPIN, G. M. CHAMBERLAIN.

